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* Policy making (in particular regarding curricula issues, infrastructure services, etc.) | |||
* The organization | * The organization | ||
* Organizational subunits and their dependencies | * Organizational subunits and their dependencies | ||
* External facilitators (e.g. teacher development organizations) | |||
* Individuals (e.g. teachers). | * Individuals (e.g. teachers). | ||
== | == Models == | ||
This chapter should contain a short overview on various change mangament related models, frameworks, etc. and point to other pages. | |||
=== Organizational structure === | |||
* Structure is strategy (at least to a certain point). Therefore it is useful to understand how structure is related to function (and the other way round). | |||
* See the [[Mintzberg taxonomy of organizational forms]] | |||
=== Empowerment === | |||
* An important issue is how to empower teachers. In particular, to avoid a conflict between an official "empowerment" discourse and at the same time making life difficult for teachers who actually go for it .... | |||
* See the [[Baruch empowerment model]] | |||
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* [http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/culture/change-management/ Change management at elearning-reviews.org] (excellent summaries) | * [http://www.elearning-reviews.org/topics/culture/change-management/ Change management at elearning-reviews.org] (excellent summaries) | ||
* [http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=574237 Organization Strategy] on Google Answers. (Scroll down, excellent list). | |||
* Fre M. Beshears' [http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fmb/articles/managingchange.html Executive summary of Tony Bates Managing Technological Change] (retrieved 10:48, 26 May 2006 (MEST)). | * Fre M. Beshears' [http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fmb/articles/managingchange.html Executive summary of Tony Bates Managing Technological Change] (retrieved 10:48, 26 May 2006 (MEST)). | ||
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* Bates, A.W. (Tony) (2000), Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders, San Franciso: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0-7879-4681-8. | * Bates, A.W. (Tony) (2000), Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders, San Franciso: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0-7879-4681-8. | ||
Tony Bates' book is one of the most influential texts in today's e-learning literature. {{comment | This sections needs writing. Currently it's on the bookshelf of [[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]] and will sit there for a while ...}} | |||
==Further reading == | ==Further reading == | ||
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* Malone, Thomas, W. ,Kevin Crowston, Jintae Lee and Brian Pentland, Tools for inventing organizations: Toward a handbook of organizational processes. [http://ccs.mit.edu/papers/CCSWP141.html] | * Malone, Thomas, W. ,Kevin Crowston, Jintae Lee and Brian Pentland, Tools for inventing organizations: Toward a handbook of organizational processes. [http://ccs.mit.edu/papers/CCSWP141.html] | ||
* Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. | |||
Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. | |||
[[fr:Gestion du changement]] | [[fr:Gestion du changement]] | ||
[[Category: Organization and management]] | [[Category: Organization and management]] | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 3 June 2006
Definition
Change management refers to management methods to plan, control and implement programs of important changes.
Why changement management ?
- Most educational organizations are very conservative. An educational technologist not only has to worry about pedagogy and technology, but also about organizational issues.
Levels of intervention:
- Policy making (in particular regarding curricula issues, infrastructure services, etc.)
- The organization
- Organizational subunits and their dependencies
- External facilitators (e.g. teacher development organizations)
- Individuals (e.g. teachers).
Models
This chapter should contain a short overview on various change mangament related models, frameworks, etc. and point to other pages.
Organizational structure
- Structure is strategy (at least to a certain point). Therefore it is useful to understand how structure is related to function (and the other way round).
Empowerment
- An important issue is how to empower teachers. In particular, to avoid a conflict between an official "empowerment" discourse and at the same time making life difficult for teachers who actually go for it ....
- See the Baruch empowerment model
Links
- Change management at elearning-reviews.org (excellent summaries)
- Organization Strategy on Google Answers. (Scroll down, excellent list).
- Fre M. Beshears' Executive summary of Tony Bates Managing Technological Change (retrieved 10:48, 26 May 2006 (MEST)).
References
- Bates, A.W. (Tony) (2000), Managing Technological Change: Strategies for College and University Leaders, San Franciso: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0-7879-4681-8.
Tony Bates' book is one of the most influential texts in today's e-learning literature.
- This sections needs writing. Currently it's on the bookshelf of DSchneider and will sit there for a while ...
Further reading
(these are texts that need to be sorted out)
- Kevin Crowston (????), A Taxonomy Of Organizational Dependencies and Coordination Mechanisms, [1]
- Malone, Thomas, W. ,Kevin Crowston, Jintae Lee and Brian Pentland, Tools for inventing organizations: Toward a handbook of organizational processes. [2]
- Mintzberg, H. 1979. The Structuring of Organizations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.